Turkish HRC import volume down 14.1 percent in January-May

Tuesday, 16 July 2019 16:33:27 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in May this year Turkey's hot rolled coil (HRC) imports decreased by 40 percent year on year to 282,222 metric tons, down 35.8 percent compared to April 2019. The revenue from these imports amounted to $150.3 million, down 49 percent month on month and decreasing by 34.2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.


Meanwhile, in the first five months of this year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 1.53 million metric tons, down 14.1 percent year on year, while the revenue generated by these imports totaled $807.84 million, decreasing by 24.3 percent compared to same period of 2018.

In the given period, Russia ranked first among Turkey's HRC import sources, with its HRC exports to Turkey amounting to 707,322 mt, down 15.9 percent year on year, followed by Ukraine which shipped 173,548 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.

Turkey's top HRC import sources in the January-May period are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

   

 

 

 

 

January- May 2019

January- May 2018

Change (%)

May 2019

May 2018

Change (%)

Russia

707,322

841,373

-15.93

93,270

307,576

-69.68

Ukraine

173,548

223,289

-22.28

44,845

50,780

-11.69

Netherlands

151,239

98,468

53.59

18,908

1,522

-

France

119,662

147,675

-18.97

36,949

22,623

63.32

Romania

81,146

25,130

222.90

26,530

3,463

-

Brazil

77,888

29,044

168.17

-

-

-

UK

51,104

5,012

-

9,699

-

-

Italy

48,878

7,237

575.39

18,593

1,031

-

Spain

45,705

58,140

-21.39

1,908

5,973

-68.06

Belgium

31,771

39,167

-18.88

9,699

7,835

23.79

 

Turkey's main HRC import sources in the January-May period are as follows:

 


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